A first grader stabbed me in the hand with a pencil, but he was very angry, and I thin if he hadn't had access to pencils he would have made weapons out of other things. Short of teaching in a padded room, you can't make school 100% safe.

I have this moment of hesitation whenever I'm going on a plane and they ask me whether anything in my luggage can be used as a weapon. My brain starts imagining how I could do some awesome ninja shiitake with a belt and a hardcover book.

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I have this moment of hesitation whenever I'm going on a plane and they ask me whether anything in my luggage can be used as a weapon. My brain starts imagining how I could do some awesome ninja shiitake with a belt and a hardcover book.

It's really hard not to say, "Well, if I had to, I suppose I could strangle someone with a knee sock. And I bet I could jab my toothbrush in someone's eye. If someone else held them still I could bore them to death with photos of my kids!"